首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Communications Revolution Cyberspace, data superhighway, multi-media—for those who have seen the future, the linking of com
Communications Revolution Cyberspace, data superhighway, multi-media—for those who have seen the future, the linking of com
admin
2010-01-13
61
问题
Communications Revolution
Cyberspace, data superhighway, multi-media—for those who have seen the future, the linking of computers television and telephones will change our lives for ever. Yet for all the talk of a forthcoming technological utopia little attention has been given to the implications of these developments for the poor. As with all new high technology, while the West concerns itself with the "how", the question of "for whom" is put aside once again.
Economists are only now realizing the full extent to which the communications revolution has affected the world economy. Information technology allows the extension of trade across geographical and industrial boundaries, and transnational corporations take full advantage of it. Terms of trade, exchange and interest rates and money movements are more important that the production of goods. The electronic economy made possible by information technology allows the haves to increase their control on global markets—with destructive impact on the have-nots.
For them the result is instability. Developing countries which rely on the production of a small range of goods for export are made to feel like small parts in the international economic machine. As "futures" are traded on computer screens, developing countries simply have less and less control of their destinies.
So what are the options for regaining control? One alternative is for developing countries to buy in the latest computers and telecommunications themselves—so-called "development communications" modernization. Yet this leads to long-term dependency and perhaps permanent constraints on developing countries’ economies.
Communications technology is generally exported from the U. S., Europe or Japan; the patents, skills and ability to manufacture remain in the hands of a few industrialized countries. It is also expensive, and imported products and services must therefore be bought on credit—credit usually provided by the very countries whose companies stand to gain.
Furthermore, when new technology is introduced there is often too low a level of expertise to exploit it for native development. This means that while local elites, foreign communities and subsidiaries of transnational corporations may benefit, those whose lives depend on access to the information are denied it.
Why does the author say that the electronic economy may have a destructive impact on developing countries? ______.
选项
A、Because it destroys the economic balance of the poor countries.
B、Because it inhibits the industrial growth of developing countries.
C、Because it enables the developed counties to control the international market.
D、Because it violates the national boundaries of the poor countries.
答案
B
解析
根据第二段的最后一句话和第三以及第四两段文字,我们可以看到,毁灭性影响表现之一是经济上的不稳定,之二是发展中国家无法掌握自己的命运,发达国家对高科技的垄断抑制了发展中国家的经济。所以选项B与题意相符。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ojGd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语综合类基础题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语综合类基础
职称英语
相关试题推荐
Someplantsandanimalsdevelopsuperiorcharacteristicssothattheymay______.Theauthorcitesthebehaviorofwarm-blooded
KismetisdifferentfromtraditionalrobotsbecauseInthefuturerobotswillalso
ArtificialSpeechBecausespeechisthemostconvenientformofcommunication,inthefuturewewantessentiallynaturalcon
TheBookofLifeSofar,scientistshavenamedabout1.6millionlivingspecies,andthat’sajustafractionofthatprobab
HousesoftheFutureWhatwillhousesbelikeinthirtyyears’time?Noonereallyknows,butarchitectsaretryingtopredict
PuertoRicanCuisine(菜肴)PuertoRico,aCaribbean(加勒比海区)islandrichinhistoryandremarkablenaturalbeauty,hasacuisine
TheCaribbeanIslandsWhatwouldyouseeifyoutookacruisetotheCaribbeanIslands?Palmtreesandcoconuts(椰子)?Whiteb
TheCaribbeanIslandsWhatwouldyouseeifyoutookacruisetotheCaribbeanIslands?Palmtreesandcoconuts(椰子)?Whiteb
ThepeopleofKiribatiworrythatonedaytheircountrywillbetakenawaybyasuddenhightide.Thecoralislandnationsoft
SharksPerformaServiceforEarth’sWatersItishardtogetpeopletothinkofsharksasanythingbutadeadlyenemy.They
随机试题
兴象
储备资产分析中,偿债率警戒线的通常范围是()
Excel2003中,在编辑栏中选择要更改的引用并连续按F4键可将相对引用切换为绝对引用,再连续按F4键可将绝对引用切换为相对引用。()
根据我国《物权法》对于相邻关系的规定,下列乙的做法正确的是:()。
顺发食品加工公司是一家国有企业,2008年发生以下事项:(1)1月,该企业新领导班子上任后,作出了精减内设机构等决定,将会计科撤并到企业管理办公室(以下简称“企管办”),同时任命企管办主任王某兼任会计主管人员。会计科撤并到企管办后,会计工作分工如
国际货物运输代理信息系统的基础管理是()。
下列食物链表示正确的是()。
当前教师队伍中存在着“以教谋私”和“有偿家教”的现象,这实际上违背了()。
广告所推销的不仅仅是商品,与之相伴随的还有商品所被赋予的某种身份、情感和品格,商品在这些象征意义上,成为了“有意义的形象”。这个句子的意思是()。
IntheUnitedStatesandCanada,aprom,shortforpromenade,isaformaldance,orgettingtogetherofhighschoolstudents.It
最新回复
(
0
)